| They showed that rats fed on zein, the major protein of maize endosperm, died of protein starvation. |
| A period of starvation is common practice after gastrointestinal surgery during which an intestinal anastomosis has been formed. |
| One result of this was occasional and localized food shortages so severe as to occasion hunger, starvation, and death. |
| A multinational behind glamorous fashion and perfume brands pays its factory workers starvation wages. |
| Forced labour and starvation rations ensure that prisoners are too weak to rebel. |
| As for food, yo-yo diets, involving periods of near starvation, damage valuable muscle and are positively unhealthy. |
